Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-25
PhiIIipsburg Enterprise.

On Tuesday last while pera mbulatiug
around, the editor dropped into the OF
fee of Winu c.. Calhoun, the well
known contractor and builder We
found that gentleman busy at work
drawing plans and specifications for
not only the buildings now in process
| of erection, but those to be erected.
/ Thinking that q description of Mr.. Cal
/ houu's operations might be of interest
to HERALD readers, we decided to in
/ teryiew him and publish the result.
/ N found that he has two shOps-Oue
/ near the National Bank, and the other
| the new and larger Ones more TO the
/ north westward. In the first shop we
found Mr.. Calhoun Office proper,
with certain light machinery such as
| his morticiug machine, scroll saw, &c.
/ Here also he keeps his paints oils, fine
mOuldiugs, brackets, etc He has on
I hands from $500 TO $500 worth Of
paints, nd about $500 worth of mould
| ings and ornamental work suitable for
/ building purposes. Going to his larger
shop we found a cOmmOdi0us and suit
able building for the purposes for winch
{ IL was constructed. Here we found the
newly invented power mp saw and the
various carpenters tools and benches
ordinarily found in builders shops.
/ Here the window and door frames are
made, lumber ripped up and planned
and much of the hOuse-bui-ders work
/ is done.
AIr. Calhoun Is now employing TWEEN
/ ty contemporaries painters, plaster
/ ers and other WOrkmen, and he Is now
/ constructing six residences Tor the fol-
/ lowing named parties;
! Three houses IOr sam Rooney to cost
about 81, 400; residence for Frank
! Stiuson to cost about 5000; residence
| for judge II. Spaulding to cost about
/ 81 500 u residence for Senator Gran
/ ger to cost about 3, 500. Mr.. Calhoun
/ kindly exhibited to the HERALD man
the plans for Judge Spauldiugs and
/ Senator Granger's residences which he
of course drafted himself. They are
elegant designs and show clearly that
/ their author understands his business.
Recently Mr.. C., purchased all the
rock that had been piled up on the VIM
/ Douglass lots for the purpose Of build
inc 81 foundry and he proposes to con-
stantly keep on hand all the stone as
well as brick that may be necessary to
Ell Get. He has recently ordered an eX-
press wagon which will be used in his
business, but at this writing it has not
yet arrived.
Phillipsburg may well congratulate
herself on having rs one of her ciuZens
Winn Q. Calhoun, He has not only
the reputation of being an enterprising,
thorough-goiug and competent business
man, but pleasant, intelligent, affa-
BILE gentleman. Mr.. Calhoun is com
paratively Az old citizen-has resided
here long enough to make the reputa-
ton mentioned above "a reputation
that would be creditable to any one.
Like many other old kausans, he
has seen some cups and downs and
some pretty "hard times times when
there were out few houses to build and
when the profits to the contractor for
use he did erect were precious
tn, - out he pulled through, support
sim. uIly and accumulated some
/ property. ~fldinr boom that Phil
In the big b.. eve of. the HERALD
/ Jipsburg is on the :, with his exDer-
predicts that "Cal, - IN o- II % nj
/ fence. his reputation, L. ~ 71y,g,yi-
1 his splendid facilities to do 80
will have all the business ne m ~
/ thoagh he tells US he can run on - an,
dred wOrkmen as well as his pisS0 ~
/ force of twenty.